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5:06pm Thu 10 Jul 14

Er, Jack - I'm sorry to contradict you but the people DO own the roads! Who do you think are the tax payers? Your comment was obviously made without thinking.

Therefore, it IS incumbent upon the councils to fix the roads since they are OUR roads paid for with OUR monies. Someone needs to sue the councils for recompense. But, being British and all that, we wouldn't want to cause a fuss, now would we? Heaven forbid ...

(Awaiting all the thumbs down with bated breath! LOL)

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Er, Jack - I'm sorry to contradict you but the people DO own the roads! Who do you think are the tax payers? Your comment was obviously made without thinking.
Therefore, it IS incumbent upon the councils to fix the roads since they are OUR roads paid for with OUR monies. Someone needs to sue the councils for recompense. But, being British and all that, we wouldn't want to cause a fuss, now would we? Heaven forbid ...
(Awaiting all the thumbs down with bated breath! LOL)
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Er, Jack - I'm sorry to contradict you but the people DO own the roads! Who do you think are the tax payers? Your comment was obviously made without thinking.

Therefore, it IS incumbent upon the councils to fix the roads since they are OUR roads paid for with OUR monies. Someone needs to sue the councils for recompense. But, being British and all that, we wouldn't want to cause a fuss, now would we? Heaven forbid ...

(Awaiting all the thumbs down with bated breath! LOL)

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Score: 10

Jack222
4:44pm Thu 10 Jul 14

Good. People don't own the roads; they make a choice to do it. Life is a risk. Slow down if the road has potholes... Or don't drive but catch a bus if you don't like the road!

Too many people try to get too much of taxpayer money!

Good. People don't own the roads; they make a choice to do it. Life is a risk. Slow down if the road has potholes... Or don't drive but catch a bus if you don't like the road!
Too many people try to get too much of taxpayer money!Jack222

Good. People don't own the roads; they make a choice to do it. Life is a risk. Slow down if the road has potholes... Or don't drive but catch a bus if you don't like the road!

Too many people try to get too much of taxpayer money!

Score: -10

James Abbott
7:11pm Thu 10 Jul 14

We know money is tight, so ECC Highways should prioritise the worst potholes.

This pothole in Church Street is clearly dangerous, not just because of its size but because it is on a narrow section of the road where oncoming traffic makes it difficult to avoid. For cyclists it is very dangerous.

ECC were told about this pothole by myself and a Witham Town councillor several times over a period of 6 months, as published in the BWT letters page. There have also been on-line reports from residents.

Earlier this year ECC did patching work in Rickstones Road and Cressing Road, not that far away. Surely they could have done the Church Street one then. There are others in Church Street that need doing but this one was a stand-out must do pothole. Even a temporary repair to make it safe would have helped. But they failed to do anything other than spray coloured paint around it. Woeful.

James Abbott
County Councillor for Witham Northern

We know money is tight, so ECC Highways should prioritise the worst potholes.
This pothole in Church Street is clearly dangerous, not just because of its size but because it is on a narrow section of the road where oncoming traffic makes it difficult to avoid. For cyclists it is very dangerous.
ECC were told about this pothole by myself and a Witham Town councillor several times over a period of 6 months, as published in the BWT letters page. There have also been on-line reports from residents.
Earlier this year ECC did patching work in Rickstones Road and Cressing Road, not that far away. Surely they could have done the Church Street one then. There are others in Church Street that need doing but this one was a stand-out must do pothole. Even a temporary repair to make it safe would have helped. But they failed to do anything other than spray coloured paint around it. Woeful.
James Abbott
County Councillor for Witham NorthernJames Abbott

We know money is tight, so ECC Highways should prioritise the worst potholes.

This pothole in Church Street is clearly dangerous, not just because of its size but because it is on a narrow section of the road where oncoming traffic makes it difficult to avoid. For cyclists it is very dangerous.

ECC were told about this pothole by myself and a Witham Town councillor several times over a period of 6 months, as published in the BWT letters page. There have also been on-line reports from residents.

Earlier this year ECC did patching work in Rickstones Road and Cressing Road, not that far away. Surely they could have done the Church Street one then. There are others in Church Street that need doing but this one was a stand-out must do pothole. Even a temporary repair to make it safe would have helped. But they failed to do anything other than spray coloured paint around it. Woeful.

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